Always one of my favourites. Great as Illya Kuryakin in Man from Uncle. RIP. Was also enjoyable in the Sapphire & Steel series with the gorgeous Joanna Lumley. RIP David.
Michael Gambon was a great actor. First really noticed him in “The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover” and “The Singing Detective”. Old school again with a good sense of humour about him. RIP Sir Michael
RIP Michael a super actor, really liked his performances in The Singing Detective and Layer Cake especially.
He was also very good in smaller roles in Quartet, with Tom Courtenay, Maggie Smith and Billy Connolly and King of Thieves with Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, Tom Courtenay, Ray Winstone….. But The Singing Detective the peak performance for me. Apparently he was a great stage actor, never saw him. Hope he isn’t only remembered for Harry Potter. RIP
Gambon once played knighthood prank on Al Pacino Thursday 28 September 2023 15:03 , Ellie Harrison The Harry Potter star decided to tell the Hollywood legend that one of the perks of being a Sir was that women who refused him were thrown in the Tower of London. He pranked the Godfather actor by pretending to have exercised his entitlement with a complete stranger while the two actors were having lunch. The trick was revealed in the autobiography of England rugby legend, and fellow Harry Potter movie actor, Martin Bayfield. In A Very Tall Story, Bayfield – who played the body double of Robbie Coltrane’s Hagrid – said Gambon had told the story while on location filming. The Irish actor, who played Dumbledore, was knighted in 1998. He starred with Pacino the following year in the hit movie The Insider. According to Bayfield, “Pacino was fascinated with his [Gambon‘s] knighthood and wanted to know what perks came with it. “As quick as a flash, Gambon pulled out his hotel key card and told Pacino, ‘You get a Knight’s card. The card means that you can approach four women each year and they cannot refuse you or they are thrown into the Tower of London.’ “Gambon said that seconds later a good-looking middle-aged woman walked into the restaurant and sat at a table nearby. ‘Here, I’ll show you,’ he told Pacino, standing up and approaching her. “‘Go with me on this,’ he told her. ‘I am trying to wind up Al Pacino. Will you walk with me out of the restaurant?’ “Gambon said the woman obliged and he took her around the corner for coffee. “A little later, he and the woman returned to the restaurant. ‘I was doing up my trousers and she was tucking in her blouse,’ said Gambon. ‘And I sat back down at the table and said to Pacino: “I’ve got two left this year.”’ According to Bayfield’s account, Pacino responded by saying, ‘I’ve got to get me one of those knighthoods!’
On being upstaged by Anthony Sher playing the Fool to his King Lear, he said “The play’s called King Lear, not King Lear and some **** with a red nose”
Jake Abraham: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels actor dies aged 56 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66975713 No age.
Top top striker back in City's title winning side of 1968. Part of the great trio of Lee, Summerbee and Bell. When Franny took a penalty it stayed hit. RIP...
